Places ladyloreli Wants to Go

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.